Athens demands cash reserves from public sector funds
by Katie Allen from on (#7EAM)
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras's administration is forcing central government entities to transfer cash to the central bank to help keep the country afloat
The Greek government has issued a decree forcing public sector bodies to transfer idle cash reserves to the central bank in a sign of how severe the country's cash crunch has become.
The order came as the country's finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, issued a stark warning to eurozone neighbours that they were playing with fire as Athens edges closer to a debt default.
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